![]() ![]() On what makes Kinhaven unique, Vytas says, “I’m sure there are other music camps set in the wilderness, but what seems unique to me is the non-competitive atmosphere the Dushkins created, which encouraged interactions between students whose ages and skill levels greatly differed. He maintains a hectic schedule averaging 150 performances of 100 programs a year. Vytas began his 29th season with the Boston Symphony this year, and completed his 20th season with the Rivers School Conservatory and his 19th with the Concord Chamber Music Society. Scores 33 For piano (F Major) For cello duet (beginner cellists) Arranged by Yellow Cello Music For four guitars Arranged by Love K. Vytas said the scholarship support he received through the Annual Fund was also critically important. “I was also lucky that about 50 percent of the faculty and staff remained the same each year,” mentioning Joe Contino (clarinet), Bob and Kay Moore (bassoon and piano), Mary Jane Metcalf and Marcia Edson (violin), Dennis Behm (horn), Dan Maki (flute), and Grace Brigham (art). Vytas says he returned to Kinhaven six years in a row because of “the absence of distracting metropolitan conveniences and the mystique of 120+ people becoming a ‘family’ in the space of seven weeks, discovering and sharing common ground beyond music-making.” ![]() “In subsequent summers I subjected the crowd to a movement of the ‘Symphoney in F+’ and a quodlibet called the ‘Underture to the Dentist of Milan.’” “That was my earliest attempt to incorporate pre-existing materials into a single matrix,” he says. I may as well only have one because I don't get twice the product either. 11, Dance of the Cuckoo (Laurel & Hardy), Schumann’s Happy Farmer, Whistle While You Work (Frank Churchill), the Fauré Requiem, Mozart #40, Dvorak #8, Mozart G minor…and a few others. So instead of having two queues, it has the same queue for both. Subtitled “Brr-oke,” it included allusions to Beethoven’s #3 and #7, the Beethoven Clarinet Trio op. Vytas also performed an infamous piano concerto for strings, oboes, and horns. The Happy Farmer For 2 Clarinets In Bb: Clarinet: Early Intermediate: Schumnann Happy Farmer Young Ensembles: Classical Guitar, Flute, Orff Instrument, Piano Duet: Early Intermediate: The Happy Farmer Robert Schumann 12 15 18 String Lap Harp: Harp: Early Intermediate: The Happy Farmer Album Of The Young Op 68 No 10 Icanpiano Style: Piano Solo. He is perhaps best remembered for his humorous musical contributions to the Kinhaven community, including his reenactments of piano routines by Chico Marx. We asked Vytas Baksys (piano, ’72–’78) – who may share the record for the number of consecutive years as a camper – to reminisce about his time at Kinhaven. Barcarolle from the Opera The Tales of Hoffmann (Jacques Offenbach) Canticle of the Sun (Larry Clark) Cradle Song (Franz Schubert) The Happy Farmer from. ![]()
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